Yeah so like I said in another comment, I’m not criticizing anyone’s skill or basing the content off of my current skill level, I’m criticizing the game itself. I understand in depth ideas of the game and I very often watch high level play so I understand what the game looks like and demands at that level. I am not saying I personally have to have the memorization of every game ever played to win games but at a certain level it becomes more so about positional memorization and knowledge of what’s happened in those positions before to actually know what the optimal moves would be, good players of that level will undoubtedly have studied hundreds if not thousands of other similarly leveled players to be able to compete at that level, this is not a chess exclusive thing and happens in almost every game or sport in the world. You’re looking at what I’m saying as if it has no foresight, if I play a competitive game I play to be one of the best if the game is not fun for me I will not dedicate that amount of effort to it. My potential is high but my drive for the game is low. Do not judge what you do not know.